It’s cheap, it works, and it can be your next weekend project. What you do with it is up to you, just make sure you drop us a line when you figure it out. What would/do you use a Faraday cage for?

However, a compass does work inside a Faraday cage because the cage does not block the earth's magnetic field. Constructed of a metal mesh, current is conducted on the cage itself. It was invented ...

so it is an effective Faraday cage. Tune the radio to a station or loud static. Place the radio on the wooden block. Make sure the radio still makes audible sound when on the block. The radio's ...